Arriving at Fort Nightly
A tip o’ the hat to Last.fm’s recommendation engine, which graciously passed White Rabbits’ “Fort Nightly” through my ears last night. There’s something exotic - nay, sexy, my friends! - about this song. Maybe it’s the multirhythmic quality that drives the song. And by multirhythmic I mean White Rabbits employ two drummers. Bang Bang!
And the piano interlude at 01:28 make me think of a smoky French ballroom, where a Scarlett Johanssen-esque figure emerges through an ornate 15 foot archway, a glass of champagne in her hand - her gaze seductively fixed on you - er - I mean me. She walks up to me, leans into my ear - her perfume intoxicating - and whispers: “That’ll be $8″.
I hand her a ten, say “Keep the change” and hand the glass to my even sexier wife. [Editor's Note: Hey, the Mrs. reads my posts. I'm not stupid, you know!!]
Photo credit: Lucy Hamblin
Great tune. Five stars. What a first impression!
White Rabbits - Fort Nightly (mp3) - from their 2007 (and latest) album Fort Nightly
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If you have itunes, may I make a few suggestions? I think you’d like their live set. One song is the randy newman song “beehive state” that transitions seamlessly into “Fort Nightly”. Also, itunes has a single of their new song “Cotillion Blues”. That’s a good one, too.
Thanks for the suggestions PG, I’ll be checking out more for sure. I saw “Cotillion Blues” on eMusic too - I’ll grab that tonight.